What we know about the Trump rally gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, so far

Bethel Park, Pennsylvania (CNN) — The gunman who allegedly tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was bullied in high school and didn’t fit in with other students, former classmates told CNN on Sunday.Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was registered to vote as a Republican and had previously made a small contribution to a Democratic-aligned group, according to public records.So far, investigators haven’t found any evidence on social media or other writings by Crooks that might help identify his motive for the attempted assassination, law enforcement officials say.Crooks lived in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park, about 35 miles south of the Trump rally where law enforcement officials say he fired at the former president. Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022, according to a local media& report and a video of the school’s graduation ceremony.Jason Kohler, 21, who went to the same high school, told CNN that Crooks was bullied by other students and seemed to be a loner.Crooks had “no facial expression” when he walked through the school hallways, Kohler said. “He wasn’t, like, with the clique, so he always had, I guess, a target on his back.”Another former student at the school, Sarah D’Angelo, remembered Crooks...